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. ditiied Slater @wat @inline G. F. OASE,.OF WINDSOR, VERMONT, ASSIGNOR TO WINDSOR MANUFAC- TURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.'

Letters Patent No. 101,095, dated March 22, 187 0 IMPROVED DRILL-GUIDE.

The Schedule referred to in these Lettere Patent and making part of the same.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it nown that I, G. F. CASE, of Windsor', in the county o Windsor and in the'State of Vermont, have a invented certain new and useful Improvements in Drill- Guides; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction of an improved drill-guide for channeling rocks, marble, 85o., by means of a series of holes cnt communicating with each other.

. in a hole previously drilled, and which will thus keep the drill on a line with such hole, and render the channel perfect the 'whole depth cut.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring tothe annexed drawings,in which- Figures l and 2 are side views of a drill-stock with guide attached; v p

Figures 3 and 4 are end views ofthe same; y

Figures 5 and 6 are end views of the guide; and

Figures 7 and 8 show the channel to be cut.

B represents the drill-stock or rod, to the lower end of which the head C isfirmly screwed.

The head C contains the cutting-points of diamonds or other suitable hard material. 4

A represents the collar or guide, an end view of which is shown in' figs. 5 and 6, the round orbody without the guide, after which the guide A isput on rod, thus securing it in place.

In iig. 2 I have represented a modification ofthe invention as applied to what is known as the annular diamond drill, the guide A being hollow so as to span over the core left in the hole by -the drill, and is secured to the drill in the sani'e manner as before described.

In fig. 8, r lr represent `the cores as' left in the channel, but these cores might be removed by a pawl or latch, arranged so as to catch into the core when the drill is withdrawn, and the core removed at the saine time that' the drill is withdrawn. One arrangement of such pawl and 'latch is shown in dotted lilies in iig.2.

The collar and guide need not necessarily be placed close to the drill-head, but maybe placed any desired distance from the end of the drill, so that if the hole previously bored should be partially filled with sediment or cuttings from the hole being drilled, the guide be drilled.l

Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A guide fora rotary rock-drill, operating in a hole already drilled to guidethe drill while it bores another hole, formimg, with those already bored, a continuous channel, substantially as herein set forth.

r2. In combination with the collar or guide, the pawl or catch for removing the core, when constructed substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 30th day of June, 1869.

' G. F. OASE.

Witnesses:

L. W. HAWLEY, M. C. BULLoo-K. 

